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"Flesh" is Not Just the Body
Commentators stress that "the flesh" (Greek: sarx) refers to our entire corrupt human nature, not just physical desires. This is why Paul's list includes sins of the mind and emotions, like wrath and envy (v. 20-21), alongside sexual sins. These "works" are the obvious products of a life not led by God's Spirit.
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Galatians
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Albert Barnes
On Galatians 5:19
18th Century
Theologian
Now the works of the flesh. What the flesh, or what corrupt and unrenewed human nature, produces.
Are manifest. They are p…
AT Robertson
On Galatians 5:19
Manifest (φανερα). Opposed to "hidden" (κρυπτα). Ancient writers were fond of lists of vices and virtues. Cf. Stalker's sermons on…
Charles Ellicott
On Galatians 5:19
19th Century
Bishop
Now the works of the flesh are manifest. It needs no elaborate discussion to show what is meant by fulfilling the lust of…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Galatians 5:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
But if you are led of the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, u…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Galatians 5:19
When Paul says that the “acts of the sinful nature” are obvious, he does not mean that they are all committed publicly where they may be seen. Some…
John Calvin
On Galatians 5:19
16th Century
Theologian
Now the works of the flesh are manifest. To obey the Spirit and to oppose the flesh are two great objectives that have been set before Chr…
John Gill
On Galatians 5:19
17th Century
Pastor
Now the works of the flesh are manifest
By "flesh" is meant corrupt nature, as before, and by the works of it, not o…
Matthew Henry
On Galatians 5:16–26
17th Century
Minister
If it is our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the c…